Richard Paul Wood, aged 42, of Steway Lane in Batheaston, avoided jail after he admitted attending a home he was banned from and making a call that was “grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character”.

Wood was given four weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months.

Magistrates said he must take part in up to 25 days of rehabilitation and he was ordered to pay a £115 victim surcharge and £85 Crown Prosecution Service costs.

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Larissa Miller, 25, of Lympsham Green in Odd Down, was given a community order after she admitted four charges: stealing a Blaupunkt television and a BT wireless phone worth a total of £210 from Sainsbury’s in Frome Road on March 8; stealing groceries from Tesco Express in Englishcombe Lane the previous day and failing to surrender to Bath Magistrates’ Court on May 8 and July 24.

Sainsbury's in Frome Road (Image: Google 2017)

Miller was ordered to partake in rehabilitation with a responsible officer for up to 20 days, as well as paying £160 compensation and £50 in fines for each missed court hearing.

Jonathan Clark, of Blackmore Drive in Southdown, was fined £60 after he admitted failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a motor vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence in January.